Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: shadetree77 on August 20, 2014, 09:58:25 PM
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As some of you may or may not have heard, the Mitchell Museum in Owosso, Michigan has closed for good and they have auctioned off the ENTIRE contents. I was lucky enough to attend the auction and the inspection at the museum the day before the auction. I'm sure you Kaiser guys know who Don Mitchell of Ionia Manufacturing/Mitchell-Bentley is. If you've every seen a '53 Dragon you've seen their work. The museum owned a Dragon and I took LOTS of detailed pictures. Perfect opportunity to get reference photos for my '53 Manhattan project. There were also some interesting posters on the walls related to the Dragon production. Here are a few of the 60+ Kaiser related photos I took. And if anyone is wondering, the Dragon sold for $28,600.....too bad it wasn't me that bought it! :(
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Thanks Shadetree. I am opening each photo, wonderful photography and Jade Green is a nice color on a 53 Kaiser.
Jake (from the BCA forum)
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newbie, What is interesting to me is MY DRAGON is body 1231 and the Dragon you saw is 1232.
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The centerpiece of the auction, the 1954 Dodge Granada, typified Don Mitchell’s experiments with fiberglass as a body material. Sitting on a regular production Dodge chassis and powered by a 150-hp, 241-cu.in. Dodge Red Ram Hemi V-8, the concept car uses a one-piece body, an advancement over how other fiberglass production and concept cars of the day were assembled from multiple fiberglass pieces . The Granada topped the auction, selling for $228,800.
Among the other cars from the museum’s location, a 1948 Pontiac Streamliner Wagon and a 1949 Buick Roadmaster Wagon sold for $165,000 each; a 1904 Mitchell B2 Runabout sold for $137,500; a 1911 Mitchell Model T Touring sold for $110,000; a 1949 Buick Super Estate Wagon sold for $93,500; a 1919 Mitchell C Cab Truck sold for $88,000; a 1908 Mitchell Model I 5 Passenger Touring sold for $78,100; a 1953 Packard Caribbean Convertible sold for $71,500; a 1954 Dodge Coronet Sierra sold for $66,000; a 1950 Buick Roadmaster four-door Woodie Wagon and a 1953 Buick Roadmaster four-door Woodie Wagon sold for $55,000 each; a 1957 Continental MK II sold for $53,900; a 1951 Buick Roadmaster four-door Woodie Wagon sold for $48,400; a 1908 Mitchell Model H Runabout sold for $46,200; a 1919 Mitchell 3 Passenger Coupe sold for $44,000; a 1956 Continental MK II sold for $40,700; a 1963 Buick Invicta Wagon sold for $36,300; a 1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Fiesta four-door Wagon sold for $30,800; a 1955 Buick Special EST Wagon and a 1953 Kaiser Golden Dragon four-door sold for $28,600 each; a 1970 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Saloon sold for $22,000; a 1917 Mitchell D 40 Jr five-Passenger Touring sold for $18,700; a 1961 MUTT M151 Truck sold for $14,300; a 1983 Cadillac Seville sold for $11,000; and a 1955 Willys Military Utility Vehicle sold for $6,325.
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Hope Someone got the name of the New Owner ?
I will look in My notes but may of got to see this Dragon at the St Louis K.F.O.C. National. We had 3 show up then. This one was not judged, just come to see the National.
Dusty, I have always been told all the All Vinyl Dragons was produced in Oct. 1952. True Year of the Dragon for Chinese Calendar by the way. The Chinese New Year changes in Feb-March each Year.
Remember though the Body # can get off if the vehicle did not pass Quality control. They would correct & put back on the line so then Vin # put on it. Also interior was done at Darrin location so then when was Vin number added for a Dragon's ? Dragons got off by 5-7 so had very good Quality control.
Maybe the kaiserfrazerlibrary could help on this one ???